I have turned away from the thought of writing fiction in the past through what I suppose is, actually, fear. The direct, raw invitation for the reader to come in and explore my imagination is fairly scary for me so I have busied myself with so much else.

I've chosen to stay in a jolly place for most of my life, and that is a lot of who I am.

I'd like to play a horse, many people think I already have. Either end of the horse would be fine.

For me, whatever age or size I've been, I have rather liked myself. The shell is not the thing at all.

I don't know why I feel so crazy...I feel like I'm going through a stargate. Maybe it's the diet pills. Maybe it's Buddha.

I don't know what the future holds, but I have to be confident about it. It's just the way I am.

You have to let kids live their own lives and make their mistakes, but it is difficult now because there are so many things in their lives which weren't in mine - I never had Facebook. And some of the things I see now I'm appalled by. So I'm as nosey about my daughter's life as I can be. I tell her, 'I'm all over you, whether you like it or not.'